Daring Fireball: 'The Government' Is Not a Single Entity

17 Aug 2014 • daringfireball.net

Gruber’s headline sums up Marco Arment on the subject:

The argument that we don’t want “such a dysfunctional government” regulating broadband is weak: “the government” isn’t one big coordinated bogeyman that can’t be trusted with anything. That’s just rhetoric that politicians1 use to avoid regulation so corporations can make more money at the expense of the citizens or environment. In practice, governmental regulation works so well in most cases that it’s taken for granted and too boring for most people to even think about.

This is a few months old now, but still relevant and worth remembering.